The Unkind - With Hook and Blade

 Some dark eldar have been doing time on the painting desk lately, like this venom.  It gets to ferry around one of the warrior squads and provide them with some fire support.

 I like how they stayed close to the vyper's look, with extra blades.  On this one I tried out some osl on the guns and engine.

 It is a fun model to take pictures of too!

 I wasn't too keen on the extra dudes hanging on to the sides, and the transport area looks a little small.  I still like the space-chariot feel though.

 Until next round...

...be well.

Witch Hunters - Burn It With Fire!

 The next squad along the shelf is the dominions.  These are my go-to girls, armed with plenty of melta, they are often tasked with annihilating the hardest threat on the table.

 This squad is often the first to be martyred, but they usually get the job done the turn before.

 I usually run the immolator with the twin heavy flamers to clear some of the enemy's troops out, but it can be fitted with the twin bolters or meltas. 

 Until next round...

...be well.

Trolls - Gun Number Two

Every Gunbjorn list needs two of these, so here is a second troll gun for the lines.  This one got to keep the whelp!

 Some of the colours are switched around, but not enough to break the military look of the Boss troll's force.  Painting the armour camo green helps too.

 It was slightly difficult to position both the gun and gunner on the large base.  Luckily I had the forethought to paint them separately, gluing the thumper on after.

 As I post these pics, I'm noticing I forgot to touch up his spy glass...d'oh.

Until next round, be well and make saves.

Guild - Lead Rain

 Another Ortega gets finished, Santiago, leaving only Papa Loco left.  I think this mini came out well, even though it was kind of lacklustre compared to the previous ones.  The pose is fine, it contains enough motion, but I'm left feeling like there is something missing.  That answers why he was at the end of the painting list.

 For some strange reason, all of the coat-wearing Ortegas have patches on their trenches.  Same spot, same size.  Can anyone explain this at all? Seems odd is all.

Well, until next round....

Witch Hunters - First Battle Squad

 There are a lot of models in the cases that haven't been blogged, like the Daughters of Odin.  The Daughters are(were) my main Inquisition army, there is something about burning your foes with righteous fire that makes me happy.

 This army started many years ago and it has been touched up a couple of times.  Once, at Conflict Vancouver, they made the final cut for best in show and have made appearances at some smaller tournaments.

 This army was my fist adventure into putty molds.  Most of the skulls and many of the purity seals are cloned from other minis.  I made a set of Inquisition bling that is spread around from Inquisitor and Sisters bits.

 Additional bitz, like the shield guards, came from Bretonian and space marine kits.  Having a metal army doesn't lend well to conversions.

 To stand out from all the black and drab of the rest of my Imperials, I chose a bright turquoise contrasted by dark purple.  I am glad I did, these girls stand out on any tabletop.

 This squad's rhino got some extra armour treatment, in the form of slab armour with some cloned bling and seals.

 The turret was an extra from the Immolator sprue, but it fits nicely in the razorback turret mount.

I'm dusting off and taking pictures of the whole army, so more to come!!  Until next round, be well.

Trolls - With Machine Guns

I think it is a great idea, giving a bunch of drunk trolls machine guns.  What could possibly go wrong?  Besides being a bunch of cool minis, they are perfect for Gunbjorn's list.

 If they stay still they get extra shots, making snipe one of their favourite spells.  Although, a rock wall often helps too.

 These guys got painted pretty fast.  With all kinds of little details and layers it was hard to keep the paintbrush off them.  It was almost like they wanted to be painted.

 One each of them I added a bracer so I could mark their squad badge and identification symbol.  All the squad leaders are signified by an 'x', and being multi-wound models, it corresponds to a mark on the stat card.  This makes life much easier in the middle of combat.

They all got blue kilts, being part of the boss troll's kreil.

 The only downside of this unit is the variation of sculpts.  There is the leader and two others, which you get two of.  None of the models are multipart or lend themselves to conversions.  This means you get two sets of twins.  This is often the case with PP, which is too bad given the quality of the models.

 On to the rest of the squad...

 ...

Until next round, be well.

Cryx - Death Machine Mark II

Every time I go to my FLGS this wraith engine stares at me, sitting lonely on a shelf collecting dust.  After months of feeling sorry for the unbuilt construct, I adopted him.

Since the Cryx army has grown, and my techniques have evolved, the new wraith engine is painted with the new techniques.  This differentiates the two of them, but only slightly.

This one is named Clifford, which is why I painted is shroud bits red.

With two of these monstrosities I am challenging myself to play one game with each caster, of which I have seven.  It will be an interesting set of games...

I really like this model, and having two of them is simply coolness.  The display cabinet agrees.

And a shot of the two of them...

Until next round...